Former Iowa star Ihmir Smith-Marsette is looking to have a larger role for the Minnesota Vikings next season. Smith-Marsette is coming off a rookie season in which he had five receptions, including two for touchdowns.
Smith-Marsette says it is up to him to earn an expanded role.
He says there have been a lot of changes under new coach Kevin O’Connell.
(Radio Iowa) – A new state law outlines the visual language skills deaf and hard of hearing children need to learn — things like fingerspelling and American Sign Language — so they’re prepared for kindergarten. The law also establishes a mentoring program for parents of newborns and toddlers who are diagnosed with hearing difficulties. Tina Caloud, outreach director for the Iowa School for the Deaf, attended the bill signing ceremony in the governor’s office and spoke with Radio Iowa through an interpreter.
“We have been trying to propose this bill for several years now and it finally has been passed into law and we are absolutely thrilled. We are ready to work hard, work collaboratively for education our deaf and hard of hearing children across the state, to ensure they have language access,” she said. “This means both American Sign Language and English.” Studies show the majority of deaf children who enter kindergarten without knowing American Sign Language never catch up academically. Shirley Hampton of Davenport, president of the Iowa Association for the Deaf, spoke through an interpreter during a Radio Iowa interview.
“Don’t leave deaf children out. Don’t leave them behind,” she says. “Involve them in any type of communication that is occurring and that will allow them to thrive.” At least 2000 deaf and hard of hearing students are enrolled in Iowa’s K-through-12 schools. The Iowa Association for the Deaf is pushing legislators to offer closed captioning on the livestream of debate in the House and Senate. And the group says a state law may be needed to ensure emergency warning systems alert everyone.
“Any public places, such as the airport, anything like that, restaurants — we really need to make sure that it’s accessible for deaf individuals and the community, especially in those emergency situations such as a tornado,” Hampton said. “It’s vital not only for deaf people, but blind people as well to make sure they have access to that communication.” Hampton says she was recently eating in a central Iowa restaurant and saw other customers clustered around a television, then leave the dining room. She had no idea they had heard about a tornado warning through the television and were seeking shelter in the kitchen.
DARWIN BROCKMAN, 84, of Hancock, died Saturday, May 28th, at home. Memorial graveside services for DARWIN BROCKMAN will be held 11-a.m. Wednesday, June 1st, at the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock. Rieken-Vieth Funeral HOme in Oakland is assisting the family.
Visitation with the family will start at 11:30 AM (following the graveside service), at the Olson Lodge at Botna Bend Park in Hancock. Lunch will be served at noon.
DARWIN BROCKMAN is survived by:
His wife – Viola, of Hancock.
His sons – Mike Brockman, of Seattle, WA, and Chad (Angie) Brockman, of Atlantic.
His daughter – Tammi (Tom) Kroll, of Seattle, WA.
His brother – Durwood Brockman.
8 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
The Milwaukee Brewers earned a series split with the St. Louis Cardinals by picking up an 8-0 win on Sunday at Busch Stadium. A day after falling 8-3 the Brewers turned the tables to split the four game set.
Omar Narvaez and Lorenzo Cain had three hits apiece. Narvaez scored 3 times and drove in a run. Cain scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. Jace Peterson also drove in 3 runs.
The Cardinals fell to 26-21 for the season. The redbirds will now welcome in the San Diego Padres for three games to start the new week. The Memorial Day game will have a 12:20 p.m. pregame start time on KJAN with first pitch at 1:15 p.m.
Two University of Iowa baseball student-athletes – redshirt senior Izaya Fullard and redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf – were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team, it was announced Sunday by the league office.
Fullard hit .316 (6-of-19) in five games with one double, two RBIs and two runs scored. The North Liberty, Iowa, native had the game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning in Iowa’s 5-4 victory over Purdue in Friday’s elimination game. The second baseman had two multi-hit games in the tournament.
Huckstorf finished with a team-high .400 (6-of-15) batting average with three extra-base hits (double, triple and home run). The outfielder drove in a team-high six runs and four score times. The Wisconsin native was 2-for-3 with a double and solo home run against Penn State before going 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in the semifinal win over Michigan.
After losing its tournament opener, Iowa won three straight elimination games at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The Hawkeyes became the first team in tournament history to win two games on the same day when they defeated Penn State and Michigan on May 28.
OMAHA, Neb. – Michigan jumped out to a 4-0 lead and put up a nine spot late to down the University of Iowa baseball team, 13-1 in seven innings, on Sunday in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
Iowa had a strong week in Omaha, winning three games and becoming the first team to win two games on the same day during the tournament. The Hawkeyes are 36-19 overall.
Michigan took advantage of two free bases against Iowa starter Brody Brecht in the first inning, which led to two runs scoring. After Brecht gave up an RBI single to Jimmy Obertrop, Iowa went to Dylan Nedved in relief. The redshirt senior struck out two of the three batters he faced, but Michigan’s Riley Bertram’s RBI single through the right side made the score 2-0.
Michigan used a single, hit by pitch and Hawkeye fielding error to load the bases in the fourth before back-to-back sacrifice flies pushed the lead to 4-0.
Iowa scored its lone run in the bottom half when Izaya Fullard walked and scored on Kyle Huckstorf’s RBI single.
Michigan put an end to the game in the seventh, scoring nine runs on three hits, while sending 13 batters to the plate. Tito Flores had a two-run double, Ted Burton had a three-run double and Clark Elliott and a three-run triple in the inning.
Brecht (1-4) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on one hit in 1/3 of an inning. Iowa used seven pitchers in the game and the staff issued nine free bases.
SOFTBALL
Shenandoah Tournament
Sidney 8, Shenandoah 1
Sidney 11, Stanton 9
Shenandoah 8, Stanton 3
Shenandoah 7, Fremont-Mills 0
Fremont-Mills 7, Sidney 2
Fremont-Mills 14, Stanton 1
Clarinda Triangular
Clarinda 14, West Central Valley 0
Clarinda 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 9
West Central Valley 4, CB Thomas Jefferson 3
Winterset Tournament
ADM 10, Southeast Warren 6
ADM 3, Van Meter 0
ADM 11, Earlham 2
I-35 14, Harlan 1
Harlan 5, Earlham 3
Van Meter 5, Harlan 3
Southeast Warren 6, I-35 3
Southeast Warren 6, Van Meter 2
Winterset 11, Earlham 5
Winterset 10, I-35 0
Ogden Tournament
Carroll 9, Kuemper Catholic 0
Carroll 4, Webster City 3
Carroll 3, Greene County 2
Des Moines Christian 6, Southeast Valley 5
Boone 9, Kuemper Catholic 3
Gilbert 9, Des Moines Christian 4
Gilbert 12, Greene County 0
Greene County 7, Boone 4
Southeast Valley 17, Ogden 0
Webster City 3, Kuemper Catholic 1
Webster City 7, Southeast Valley 2
Bishop Heelan Tournament
Bishop Heelan 9, Spencer 4
Sioux Center 7, Lewis Central 1
Sioux City East 12, Lawton-Bronson 0
Spirit Lake 10, Lewis Central 4
Spirit Lake 12, Sioux City East 3
Spencer 11, Underwood 9
Estherville-Lincoln Central 10, Underwood 9
West Monona 9, LeMars 6
LeMars 3, Sioux Center 1
MVAOCOU Tournament
Logan-Magnolia 4, Hinton 2
Woodbine 13, MVAOCOU 8
Logan-Magnolia 1, Woodbine 0
Other Scores
East Union 12, Des Moines North 0
East Union 21, Des Moines North 0
Grand View Christian 21, Panorama 2
Manson-NW Webster 15, Panorama 7
BASEBALL
Saint Ansgar 2, Denison-Schleswig 0
Saint Ansgar 18, Denison-Schleswig 1
Shenandoah 6, Mount Ayr 5
Southeast Polk 7, CB Abraham Lincoln 3
Southeast Polk 9, CB Abraham Lincoln 4
Shenandoah’s Le Yuan Sun finished as the runner-up at the Class 1A State Girls Tennis Tournament on Saturday. She defeated Catherine Straus of Spirit Lake in the semifinals 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. Then in the finals Sun dropped a 6-2, 6-3 match to Ella Tallett of Xavier.
Also in singles play Coryl Matheny of Glenwood picked up a 7th place medal. Matheny defeated Tess Paton of Fairfield 6-2, 6-4 in second round consolations. Then in the consolation semifinal Matheny lost to Sophia Fain of Columbus Catholic 6-2, 6-4. Then in the 7th place match Matheny defeated Mary Rolfstad of Assumption 7-5 7-6. Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central was knocked out in second round consolations by Sophia Fain 6-2, 6-0.
In 1A Doubles play St. Albert’s Landy Miller and Allison Narmi defeated Clarinda’s Taylor Cole and Mayson Hartley 6-3, 6-3 in the fifth place match, bringing a couple more medals to Hawkeye Ten players.
Cole and Hartley knocked out Merced Ramirez and Tessa Rolenc of Red Oak 6-4, 6-0 in the consolation 2nd round. They then beat Gracie Goad and Natalee Hartman of Marion 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fifth place match.
Miller and Narmi beat Alexis and Oasis Opheim of Lewis Central 6-2, 6-3 in the consolation 2nd round. They then defeated Presley Blommers and Lucy Roach of Oskaloosa 0-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11-9) to reach the fifth place match.
A collision on Interstate 80 Sunday morning in Pottawattamie County, claimed the life of a man from Nebraska and resulted in a woman being injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2004 Toyota 4Runner pulling a camper, and a 2015 Ford F350 & camper, were both traveling eastbound about a mile west of Shelby, when the Toyota, driven by 66-year-old Andrea J. Barge, of Oshkosh, NE, went out of control as it was traveling in the left lane.
The SUV/camper struck the pickup/camper, which was in the right lane, and driven by 31-year-old Benjamin J. MIller, of Lennox, SD. The pickup and camper went into the south ditch and came to rest. The SUV/Camper spun and came to rest on the driver’s side, partially in the right lane and south shoulder, facing southwest. The accident happened at around 10:54-a.m.
Andrea Barge – who wore her seat belt – was injured and transported by Shelby Rescue to Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Her passenger, 72-year-old Delbert E. Barge, of North Platte, NE, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. Benjamin Miller was not injured.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Three people were arrested Sunday, in Montgomery County. Red Oak Police report 35-year-old Cody Allen Keith Tunnel, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10:20-a.m. for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, for allegedly damaging a windshield. He was taken into custody and held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.
And, at around 7:16-a.m. Sunday, Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Garret Allen Horgdal, and 38-year-old Jannelle Marie Davis, both of Henderson. They were taken into custody on valid U.S. Marshals warrants. Horgdal was wanted for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Davis was wanted for making False Statements during the purchase of a firearm, and Sale or transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person.
Horgdal and Davis were being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.
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